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GRAND RATHA YATRA CELEBRATION, MUMBAI On 24 June, Swamishri performed pujan and arti of Thakorji and flagged off the rath yatra procession from Swaminarayan Mandir, Dadar. The 1 km long grand procession of sadhus and devotees sang dhun and bhajans while carrying Thakorji in a palanquin.
August 2009, Vol. 32 No. 8 CONTENTS 4 Swaminarayan History Shri Hari’s Lila Shri Hari serves dudhpak... 7 On Life The Ugly Face of Anger A deadly emotion that causes havoc... 9 Philosophy – Swaminarayan Vedant The Mundaka Upanishad: Proclaiming the Akshar-Purushottam Principle, Part 2 Glory of Aksharbrahman... 14 Eternal Wisdom Knowledge of Sankhya Swamishri emphasizes on real happiness... 16 Discourses Observing Commands An important element to attain moksha... 18 BAPS Festival Guru Purnima 19 Vicharan Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s Vicharan 21 Inspiring Incidents Living with Swamishri 23 BAPS News Bal National Summer Shibir, 2009, Toronto, Canada UK National Karyakar Shibir, 2009 Summer Shibir, 2009, USA & Canada Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions President of India, Her Excellency Pratibha Patil, Visits Swaminarayan Akshardham Mandir, New Delhi Website: www.swaminarayan.org E-mail: magazines@in.baps.org Founder: HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Editor: Sadhu Swayamprakashdas, Contributors: Sadhu Vivekjivandas, Sadhu Amrutvijaydas, Designer: Sadhu Shrijiswarupdas Published & Printed by: Swaminarayan Aksharpith, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad–380 004. India. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside India (By Air Mail) India Rupees Pounds US Dollars Rupees 1 Year 400 6 10 60 2 Years 800 12 20 110 3 Years 1200 18 30 160 Website: www.swaminarayan.org, E-mail: magazines@in.baps.org FIRST WORD Life is generally based on choices. We choose the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the books we read, the sports we play, the friends we have and many other umpteen things. Our choices may change during different periods of our lives – childhood, youthhood, adulthood, parenthood and grandparenthood. This continuous process of choosing involves distinguishing, discarding, accepting and rejecting. A lot of mental effort goes into deciding what we want and don’t want. But, there are the good choices and bad choices, the right choices and wrong choices. The good choices and the right choices are beneficial, rewarding, satisfying and elevating. Whereas the bad choices are damaging. So, we have to be careful, mature and judicious while making the major choices in life. For that we simply can not be irresponsible, ignorant and off guard. Now the question is how do we know what are the right or wrong and good or bad choices? Should we choose popular trends, adopt contemporary lifestyles and behaviours of icons and stars or simply do what our peers say? No! Our choices must be based upon moral standards, spiritual values and eternal principles. Hindu tradition popularly advocates the need to base our choices on the words of the shastras and the God-realized guru. Both are believed to be the forms of God. So our choices should conform to their instructions. Abiding by them, we are guaranteed to receive goodness, joy and divine benedictions. August 2009 Swaminarayan Bliss 3
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